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Ayia Sofia Cave

PKC5755
TITLEAyia Sofia Cave
WGS84 35.41109° N, 23.681726° E
Accuracy Exact

LAT/LON 35.41109, 23.681726
LON/LAT 23.681726, 35.41109

DMS 35° 24' 39.924" N,23° 40' 54.2136" E

W3Wcapped, spout, twists
UTM34 S, 743511, 3921936
EGSA87 470954, 3918391

Elevation m337
Elevation feet 1105.6
RegionCrete
SubregionKissamos





GENERAL SITE TYPE  Sherds

TYPE

1.    Sherds.   Hood [1965], 104    'Neolithic, and Subneolithic or E.M. sherds...'


PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Minoan: (3100 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    Hood [1965]: 104, '... or E.M. sherds with burnished or wiped surfaces, ...'

2. Late Minoan III: (1420 BC - 1075 BC)
    a.    Hood [1965]: 104, '..., together with fragments of L.M. III, ...'

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1.  Hood [1965]:  Hood, M.S.F.. ‘Minoan Sites in the Far West of Crete’, The Annual of the British School at Athens (60), pp. 99-113, 1965., 'A. 3. Topolia: 'Ayia Sofia' Cave', pg. 104. Online here.

Nearest shoreline

The closest shoreline to C5755 is at 35.4985° N, 23.66811° E, a straight-line distance of 9 km and 777 m.